There’s Still Promise in IT Careers in the Philippines

While it seems like IT careers locally have plateaued over the years, that’s really an understatement and false. Now more than ever, the IT industry is stronger than ever. If you want heavy proof of that, you don’t have to look further as a quick visit to any job portals or job search website will show you that there is still a lot of IT job openings in the Philippines. The game may have changed or evolved over the years but its really much alive and kicking. 

So what’s in it for young bloods wanting to jump into IT careers in the Philippines? Are there also any new careers waiting for people who have long past graduated from college and find themselves working for a career that’s not showing any signs of personal growth? You bet your bottom dollar that there are a lot of opportunities that await people of all ages and from different backgrounds. 

For fresh graduates, there’s a big mountain to overcome to really be able to succeed in life. That’s not just limited to the IT industry too. Other fields will have the same challenges and difficulties for new hires with zero to little experience. In the IT industry, there are roughly around three different categories now when you look up IT jobs on the web. There are IT jobs specifically built around hardware, there’s one for software and there’s another one for networking and infrastructure. 

IT jobs related to hardware will mostly deal with physically fixing equipment and other materials that are constantly used in the office. This will test newcomers and even experienced employees with regards to their problem solving skills and interpersonal reactions. Hardware IT experts get the easiest way into the corporate world too because every company will require a handful of these men and women to help out technical issues. Even companies like Globe have hardware IT in their offices to help out employees from other departments in getting their laptops fixed or checked. 

The software industry is a tad more difficult to come by but the pay is usually good. In this industry, the main focus is in helping develop a new software or anything in between. The tricky thing for applicants who want to start their IT careers with IT software is that they need to know which ones they will benefit the most. Because software can be long and difficult to develop, there will be times when the term “overtime” is forgotten. So applicants need to do their research or even ask around before signing the dotted line or even hitting the “apply” button. 

The most difficult of all the IT jobs that are currently available online are those that fall under the system networking line. This is the combination of both hardware and software knowledge. You can sum it up as being the “hard” mode when playing video games. Don’t worry though as careers that fall under this branch can welcome both fresh graduates and individuals with previous work experience. Although the ones with experience will find the work better than the fresh graduates.